Paul Yang
Director at OpenSSL Corporation
Shenyang City, Liaoning, China
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Top SchoolPaul Yang is a seasoned software leader with 15 years of experience specializing in cryptography, network security and high-performance cloud-native networking. Currently a Director at Lenovo and a long-time OpenSSL committer, he has contributed security fixes and new cryptographic features—such as multi-prime RSA and SM2 support—to one of the most widely used TLS/SSL libraries. His career spans senior technical roles at Ant Group, cloud and CDN security leadership at Alibaba and Kingsoft, and architect-level work on NGINX and low-level Linux networking. An entrepreneur who founded ToneFlow to blend music and AI, Paul combines hands-on systems programming with product-facing security strategy, and outside work he’s an avid guitarist and racer—a profile that hints at disciplined creativity and performance under pressure.
15 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates, High School, High School/Secondary Diplomas and Certificates at Shenyang No.2 High SchoolBachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering, Bachelor’s Degree, Software Engineering at Northeastern University (CN)
Chinese, English, German, Japanese
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Github Skills (28)
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rsa10
security10
cryptography10
eosio10
cprogramming-language10
boost10
smt10
ec9
algorithm9
algorithms9
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
openssl/openssl
Sep 2018 - Sep 2022
TLS/SSL and crypto library
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Security Engineer
Back-end Developer & Security EngineerContributions:130 reviews, 40 commits, 179 PRs in 4 years
Contributions summary:Paul primarily focused on improving the OpenSSL library's code quality and adding new features and functionalities related to secure communication and cryptography. Contributions include fixing coding style issues, adding test cases for security-related functionalities, refactoring functions for code reuse, and correcting potential security vulnerabilities through careful code review. The user also implemented support for multi-prime RSA and SM2-based key management and certificate verification, increasing the library's cryptographic capabilities.
crypto-librarycryptographyssltlscrypto
EOSIO/eos
Apr 2018 - May 2018
An open source smart contract platform
Role in this project:Back-end Developer & DevOps Engineer
Back-end Developer & DevOps EngineerContributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 9 comments in 29 days
Contributions summary:Paul primarily contributed to the backend aspects of the EOSIO platform by implementing features and making code adjustments to existing scripts. They demonstrated proficiency in integrating with the boost library, ensuring compatibility across versions. In addition, the user made changes related to the build process and the 'cleos' tool, enhancing its functionality with HTTPS certificate verification control and HTTP header support. These commits suggest a focus on both backend development and tooling/infrastructure.
smart-contractblockchain-platformethereumcontractblockchain
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